Vishnusahasranama-nama 21and 22

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21. Naarasimhavapuh

 

Naarasimhasvarupa is the combination of jnanasakthi and kriyasakthi, that is, Brahmasakthi and kshathrasakthi, of knowledge and power. This form is assumed for the purpose of protection of His devotees. Being Sathyakama and Sathyasankalpa, of true wish and will, He can assume any form at His will and He put on the man-lion form to prove the words of His devotees, namely, Prahladha, who proclaimed that the Lord Narayana is everywhere, in a pillar as well as a blade of grass, and Brahma ,who has given the boons to Hiranyakasipu which He had to respect.

Prahlaadha denotes bhagavatbhakthi which is hindered by hiranyabuddhi. When the true devotee is persecuted by the materialistic world the Lord manifests as a man-lion for the protection of His bhaktha. Hiranyakasipu's boons signify the dhvandhva, the pair of opposites, the presence of which can never destroy the enemy within and without. The desire for gold, represented by Hirnyakasipu can only be quelled a dhvandhvaatheetha, the intellect that has transcended the pairs of opposites, sukha-duhka, joy and sorrow, laabha- alaabha, gain and loss, jaya –ajaya , success and failure. Nrsimha is described as na mrgam na maanusham , which does not mean that He is half man and half lion but that He is indescribable, being the Supreme Reality.

 

 

 

 

 

22.Sreemaan

 

The name Naarasimhavapuh is followed by Sreemaan to denote that whatever form the Lord takes He is always accompanied with Sree. The man-lion form was not fierce but full of beauty and charm that fascinates the heart of His devotees. This is the implication of the word Sreeman.